湖北省襄阳市谷城县2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：短文填空

湖北省襄阳市谷城县 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 短文填空 2023年湖北省襄阳市谷城县中考一模英语试题 五、语法填空(本大题共10个空：每空1分, 满分10分) 阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。将所填答案填写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。 There is 61 old Chinese saying, “pick the kettle that is not boiled”. Where did it come from？ It’s said that a father and a son 62 (run) a tea-house long ago. Thanks to their hard work, it did well. However, a local official(官员) who was very corrupt(腐败的) came to drink tea 63 paying every day. The father and son were angry, but afraid to say anything. One day, the father got sick and asked his son 64 (take) care of the teahouse. The official came as usual. But the son served him cold tea. The official was 65 (happy) about it, but the son said the water 66 (boil). After that, the official stopped 67 (come) to the teahouse. 68 the father got well and came back, he asked his son, “Why didn’t the official come?” The son said, “When I made tea for him, I picked the kettle that was not boiled on purpose. And I 69 (plan) all this before ” The story and the saying behind it are 70 (wide) known. People say it to mean doing or saying something that embarrasses someone else. 2022年湖北省襄阳市谷城县中考一模英语试题 五、语法填空（本大题共10个空：每空1分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。将所填答案填写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。 I read ___61___ (usual) article in the newspaper the other day. It was a cold, snowy night. Mr. Green went to visit his friend Mr. Brown. However, instead of___62___ (welcome) Mr. Green, Mr. Brown ___63___ (die) on the floor in his study. The police ___64___ (quick) arrived. Mr. Green was the only person ___65___ appeared there. He told a police officer ___66___ he saw. “I was walking by Mr. Brown’s house when I thought I could look in for a visit. I saw his study light was on. So I decided to take a look from the outside to see if he was in there. I walked through the snow and had to clean the condensation (冷凝水) off the window ___67___ (see) clearly. That was when I saw he ___68___ (lie) on the floor. I realized that